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Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church has played a historical role, aided by Egypt’s wisdom and moral and spiritual ethics, in the openness and pluralism of the Egyptian culture and even gave the Egyptian genius an added value.
Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2012
All eyes are set today (November 18) on the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāssīya to follow up the church’s celebrations of the enthronement of Bishop Tawāḍrūs II as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shinūdā III, who passed away in March, to be...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The emergence of a first draft constitution raised hue and cry in political circles as Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice-Chairman of the Salafī Da’wah (Call) and member of the Mainstays Committee in the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, said that the draft does not express what has...
Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Minister of Education Ibrāhīm Ghunaym said the syllabi, designed by specialized research centers in association with the civil society organizations, are as sacred as constitutions, noting those syllabi have never been and will never be drawn up by any political party.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
No one expected the five names announced by Bishop Pachomius and no observer anticipated that candidates in the weight of Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, know for being an iron man, Bishop Yu’annis, the Secretary of Pope Shenouda III, or Bishop Baphnotius, known as the revolutionary...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The nominations committee is holding a meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to reconsider the date for holding the election.
Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Christians started on Wednesday (October 31) a three-day fasting, to end in the morning of Saturday (November 3), for the new pope as an altar lot will name the 118th patriarch of the chair of Saint Mark on Sunday (November 4).
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod is meeting on Wednesday (October 3) at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to elect a committee that would supervise the papal elections, scheduled for November 24.
Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2012
Newspapers have recently quoted Major General Abū Bakr al-Jindī, Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), as saying that the Coptic population in Egypt is 5.700 million, which is unreasonable and was expected to raise eyebrows amongst Coptic or even Muslim...
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said in a press conference on Thursday (November 1) that 12 children, the same number of Jesus Christ’s Disciples, will attend the Altar Lot process but only a blindfolded one of them, aged 5-8 years and has to have been...
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